14:9a

On that day Moses swore to me, saying: The clause Moses swore means that Moses made a promise to Caleb.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

On the day I returned, Moses promised me
-or-
The same day I came back, Moses told me (Contemporary English Version)

14:9b

Surely the land on which you have set foot: The phrase the land on which you have set foot indicates the land on which Caleb walked. This was a part of the land of Canaan.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

The land which your feet walked on
-or-
The land in Canaan where you walked

14:9c

will be an inheritance to you and your children forever: This clause indicates that Caleb would receive the land he walked on as a gift from God. He could pass it on to his children and his grandchildren.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

it will be your land and that of your descendants always
-or-
it will belong to you and to your children and grandchildren for ever

14:9d

because you have wholly followed the LORD my God: The clause you have wholly followed the LORD my God is the same Hebrew idiom that was used in verse 14:8c and you should consider translating it the same way.

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